Top of page

Notice
Special holiday hours in effect, December 2025 through January 2026. More information.

Book/Printed Material Fatal news : reading and information overload in early eighteenth-century literature

View Enlarged Image

About this Item

Title

  • Fatal news : reading and information overload in early eighteenth-century literature

Names

  • Ellison, Katherine E.

Created / Published

  • New York : Routledge, 2006.

Contents

  • Information ad infinitum : Bunyan's lessons in careful reading in The pilgrim's progress -- Information as ambush : miscommunication and the post in Behn's The history of a nun -- Suffocation by information : collectivity and the secretary in Swift's A tale of a tub -- Infectious information : signs of collective intelligence in Defoe's A journal of the plague year.

Headings

  • -  Books and reading--England--History--17th century
  • -  Books and reading--England--History--18th century
  • -  Communication in literature
  • -  English fiction--18th century--History and criticism
  • -  English fiction--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism
  • -  Social change in literature
  • -  Social evolution--History

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-147) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR858.C636

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020690938

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

The books in this collection are licensed under open access licenses allowing for the reuse and distribution of each book following the terms described in each license. Researchers should consult the Rights Advisory statement for each title and the accompanying license details for information about rights and permissions associated with each of the licenses.

More about Copyright and other Restrictions.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Ellison, Katherine E. Fatal News: Reading and Information Overload in Early Eighteenth-Century Literature. New York: Routledge, 2006. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020690938/.

APA citation style:

Ellison, K. E. (2006) Fatal News: Reading and Information Overload in Early Eighteenth-Century Literature. New York: Routledge. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020690938/.

MLA citation style:

Ellison, Katherine E. Fatal News: Reading and Information Overload in Early Eighteenth-Century Literature. New York: Routledge, 2006. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020690938/>.